Sing A New Song

We almost had so much packed into this week it was hard to process it all.  I usually like tearing it all apart and focusing on something small that had meaning for me, was out of the ordinary, or made me burst out laughing, or any combination of these three....but there were so many things that I have that feeling where you know you have so much to do and you freeze because you don't even know where to start.  I guess I can combine it all by mentioning that it is Sanctity of Life Sunday today.  That brings all the celebrating of Avery's life and walk into heaven, spending time with extended family, meeting new friends and exploring different ways of life like we were able to do with the Amish family we met, seeing a baby calf leaping around while it's mother called out to it, and all the day-to-day life that carries us over into the next day into perspective.  All life is newness....a new chance to experience a moment we have never had before, to embrace it, to learn from it, to love through it.

If you are a believer, isn't it an AWESOME thought that the gates of heaven are already open for you?....Your life has just begun no matter how old you are!  Brad stacked our worship time this morning with power songs....and I got a chance to give it my all, vocally.  Even our drummer got so into it, he shattered his drumstick and some fragments of the bamboo hit me in the back of my head....too funny!   I gave the choir a hard time that no one jumped out to protect me from the shrapnel  :) 

Whenever I sing now, I just can't stop thanking God for giving my voice back (I can't think of another way to say that, but it's really His voice)....and the thought occurred to me today that I am singing a NEW song....it's not like the words are any different than before, but my heart has a different perspective, understanding, and level of thankfulness due to that experience and waiting on God for healing and/or whatever He wanted to teach me through it.  But, all of life is like that....each day should give us a deeper understanding of the love God pours into our lives and draw us nearer to Him.